1 Thessalonians 2:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

Our

Chargeable

2 Corinthians 12:13

The gospel

1 Timothy 1:11

General references

Ecclesiastes 3:10

Bible References

Our

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

And because he was of the same occupation, he abode with them, and wrought (for by their occupation they were tent-makers)

And ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered to my necessities, and to them that were with me.

And labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;

Or I only and Barnabas, have we not power to forbear working?

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that believe.

Chargeable

Nor from men sought we glory, neither from you, nor yet from others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

But the former governors, that had been before me were chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Who goeth a warfare at any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of its fruit? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so will I keep myself.

For what is that in which ye were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

The gospel

But even after we had suffered before, and were shamefully treated, as ye know, at Phillippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God,

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

General references

I have seen the labor, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.